The catcher is not permitted to block the runner's path to the plate unless he is in possession of the ball. The runner can be ruled safe if the umpire determines the catcher violated this rule.

Retired World Series-winning catcher Bob Boone has a CD with 60 video clips of home-plate collisions that resulted in injuries. None of those happened in the past two seasons since Major League ...

Major League Baseball instituted a new rule (7.13) this season that was designed to protect catchers from dangerous and unnecessary collisions at home plate. The "Buster Posey Rule" -- as it has been ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. As former big league catchers, Bob Melvin ...

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball and its players have banned most home plate collisions but left open an exception if the catcher has the ball and is blocking the runner’s direct path to home plate. A ...

VIERA, Fla. — The representatives from Major League Baseball could start making their rounds any day now, traveling across Florida and Arizona in an attempt to explain the proposed removal of danger ...